Culture How the Serendipity Arts Festival celebrated the spirit of communityJanhavi AcharekarThe 2022 edition included different forms of art and disciplines not usually categorised as art.
CULTURE Late start to Kochi Muziris Biennale exposes organisational fault linesNidheesh M.K.Frontline Bureau
Photo Essay Langur Mela in Amritsar sees hundreds of children visit Bada Hanuman templeRaminder Pal Singh
Blood and lustPARTHA CHATTERJEEGangs of Wasseypur typifies the commercial cinema in which paranoia passes for intensity.
Inclusive spacesAn exhibition tells the story of New Delhi's tryst with modern architecture as seen through the lens of Madan Mahatta.
Silent originsS. THEODORE BASKARANThe foundation of Tamil cinema, which is 96 years old, was laid by the pioneers of the silent era.
Marx in MantoRAZA NAEEMSome of Mantos essays bring out his admiration for and sympathy with the ideas of Karl Marx and the Bolshevik revolution.
The underdog and the odd one outRAZA NAEEMRemembering Saadat Hasan Manto, one of the greatest Urdu writers of the 20th century, on his birth centenary.
Return of the nativeSUNEET CHOPRAChicago-based Indian artist S.V. Rama Rao finds his way back to India and India's art for inspiration.
Cultural strugglesDUNCAN MCEACHERN YOONFor an alternative modernity based on transnational solidarity and an affirmation of a non-exploitative global consciousness.
Icons of graceTEXT: T.S. SUBRAMANIAN AND PHOTOGRAPHS: V. VEDACHALAM Folk goddesses in pre-Aryan days, yakshis went on to become protective deities in Indian religions.
Asia in my lifeNGUGI WA THIONG'OIt is time to make the invisible visible in order to create a more interesting and ultimately more meaningful free flow of ideas in the world.
A family & a filmS. DORAIRAJSankagiri Rajkumar's debut film Vengayam', made with the help of people from his village, strikes a blow against superstitions.
Veils and versesRANA SIDDIQUI ZAMANZehra Nigah, a powerful voice on Pakistan's poetic horizon, shines brighter in her twilight years.
A new phase of censorship creep in India A proposal to amend the IT Rules 2021 and the ban on a BBC documentary are part of a larger trend of Internet censorship, growing since 2014.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
